Dr. Smith et Em. Barrows, RHADINOCERAEA N-SP (HYMENOPTERA, TENTHREDINIDAE) FROM WEST-VIRGINIA, A 2ND SPECIES ON ZIGADENUS (LILIACEAE), Entomological news, 106(5), 1995, pp. 237-240
Rhadinoceraea sodsensis, n. sp., is described from West Virginia. Its
larvae feed on inflorescences of Zigadenus leimanthoides (Liliaceae).
This species is separated from the closely related R. zigadenusae from
coastal Mississippi by reproductive isolation, phenology, and wing mo
rphology. Rhadinoceraea sodsensis is univoltine. Adults fly in mid-Jul
y, and larvae feed in late July through mid-August.